Feb 17, 2021 9:00 AM
Alonzo Demetrius Is Fueled By Activism
Trumpeter Alonzo Demetrius’ thirst for social justice is evident on his leader debut, Live From The Prison Nation.…
Feb 17, 2021 9:00 AM
Trumpeter Alonzo Demetrius’ thirst for social justice is evident on his leader debut, Live From The Prison Nation.…
Feb 16, 2021 8:44 AM
As a recent issue of DownBeat went to press, the United States was facing frightening trends in terms of COVID-19…
Feb 12, 2021 8:35 AM
In 2014, Gretchen Parlato’s album Live In NYC earned her a Grammy nomination—a crowning glory to a decade of career…
Feb 11, 2021 9:00 AM
For more than 30 years, the independent label Arbors Records has put artistic concerns ahead of budgetary ones. Based…
Feb 10, 2021 9:00 AM
What Yoko Miwa has gone through during the coronavirus pandemic will sound familiar to a lot of other working…
Feb 9, 2021 9:01 AM
In 2020, soon after the pandemic reached Brooklyn, Ivo Perelman’s base of operation for decades, the tenor…
Feb 5, 2021 9:00 AM
In the early 1980s, pianist Monty Alexander was a huge draw for jazz clubs and festivals. His hard-swinging style,…
Feb 4, 2021 8:37 AM
“Jazz is a very big word,” composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein assured us when he explained jazz to America in the…
Feb 3, 2021 8:46 AM
As an aspiring jazz singer, the teenage Sarah Elizabeth Charles wanted to be Sarah Vaughan. But after writing a lot of…
Feb 2, 2021 8:35 AM
If ever there were a time for the blues, it was 2020. In the United States, more than 300,000 people died, and many…